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Job chucker at 22, anti-hunger hero Ankit Kawatra is feted by Queen at 25

Feeding India has served more than 8.5 million meals to the deprived

Ankit Kawatra, Queen Elizabeth II
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Ankit Kawatra was awarded ‘Queen’s Young Leaders Award’ by Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony at the Buckingham Palace.

Anshul New Delhi
He had a great job in a great company, that came with a fat salary and enhanced status. And he was only 22. The next logical step would have been to get married and have kids while ascending the hierarchy at work and climbing the social ladder. But it was an experience at a wedding function that stimulated the compassionate side of Ankit Kawatra's personality, driving him to chuck a lucrative corporate career and start a not-for-profit organisation called Feeding India in 2014. The outfit has, till date, served more than 8.5 million meals to the deprived.

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